Holderness Coast

Question 1

What is an ICZM

Answer 1

Integrated Coastal zone management

Question 2

What does SMP stand for

Answer 2

Shoreline management plan

Question 3

What is the definition of an ICZM

Answer 3

A more holistic overview considering all of those involved and setting out to ensure SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITIVES ARE MET avoiding conflict

Question 4

What is an SMP

Answer 4

A detailed management approach that is tailored to a specific sediment cell with the 4 options of
Hold the line
Advance the line
Managed retreat
Do nothing

Question 5

Who recommends SMPS in England and Wales

Answer 5

DEFRA

Question 6

What is DEFRA

Answer 6

The department for environment food and rural affairs

Question 7

What is eustatic sea level change

Answer 7

Sea level itself rises or falls relative to the land (due to ablation or accumulation) melting water
Increase in hydrosphere spatial store (and thermal expansion)

Question 8

What is isostatic sea level change

Answer 8

Land rises or falls relative to the sea (see saw effect)

Question 9

Where is the Holderness coast

Answer 9

East Yorkshire, one of Europes fastest receding coastline

Question 10

Why is the Holderness Coast one of the fastest receding coastlines in Europe

Answer 10

Significant erosive power of the North Sea
Soft boulder clay

Question 11

What is the geology of the Holderness Coast

Answer 11

Soft boulder clay

Question 12

How much of the UK’s gas is supplied and what is it called on the Holderness coast

Answer 12

Easington gas terminal
25% of all UK gas

Question 13

How long is the Holderness coast

Answer 13

61km

Question 14

What are the beaches like on the Holderness Coast

Answer 14

Narrow
Unable to stop coastal erosion

Question 15

Where does the Holderness coast span from to

Answer 15

Spurn head to Flamborough head

Question 16

What is the Holderness Coast population

Answer 16

312k

Question 17

What proportion of the Holderness Coast population live in rural areas

Answer 17

50%<

Question 18

What is the median rate of coastal erosion

Answer 18

2m / year

Question 19

What is the geology of Flamborough Head

Answer 19

chalk so more resistant (more erosional landforms)

Question 20

What is the geology south of Flamborough Head

Answer 20

Underlain by glacial till
Boulder clay
Often waterlogged so likely to slump

Question 21

What is the specific status at Flamborough head

Answer 21

SSSI

Question 22

What does SSSI stand for

Answer 22

Site of special scientific interest

Question 23

What is there in Mappleton

Answer 23

Small village

Question 24

How many people live in Mappleton

Answer 24

329

Question 25

How much was spent on coastal defences in Mappleton

Answer 25

£2.1 million including rock grounds and cliff regrading

Question 26

How effective have the coastal defences in Mappleton been

Answer 26

Partially as increased down the coast (local vs larger scale, eval for SMPs)

Question 27

How long is Spurn head

Answer 27

5.5km

Question 28

What formed Spurn head

Answer 28

LSD

Question 29

What does Spurn head do

Answer 29

Acts as a natural barrier protecting the Humber estuary

Question 30

Where is Kilnsea

Answer 30

Small village inside the spurn head

Question 31

What is currently happening in Kilnsea

Answer 31

Now one of the fastest eroding areas

Question 32

How much has Kilnsea eroded per year

Answer 32

Up to 10m/year in some places

Question 33

What policy has been put in place in Kilnsea

Answer 33

“Roll back” policy that aims to move infrastructure back inland (they’ve admitted they’re lowkey cooked)

Question 34

What has happened to number of visitors on the Holderness coast

Answer 34

Decreased number

Question 35

What has happened to some settlements on the Holderness Coast

Answer 35

Not viable population to have a shop

Question 36

How much farmland is lost yearly on the Holderness Coast

Answer 36

80,000m^2 (affects livelihoods)

Question 37

How many villages have been lost on the Holderness Coast since roman times

Answer 37

30

Question 38

What do most of the Holderness Coast settlements rely on for income

Answer 38

Tourism

Question 39

What happens to property values along the Holderness Coast

Answer 39

Decrease so owners have negative equity

Question 40

What happens to house owners along the Holderness Coast

Answer 40

No compensation for loss of private property

Question 41

What has been set up to help home owners along the Holderness Coast

Answer 41

East Riding coastal fund to aid people

Question 42

What is happening to fauna behind Spurn head

Answer 42

Wildlife losing biodiversity

Question 43

What is happening behind Spurn head and why

Answer 43

Habitat loss due to lack of sediment

Question 44

Arguments in favour of protecting spurn head

Answer 44

Full time lifeboat crew and their families Lots of tourism Roads can move on the spit so it’s flexible Protects inland

Question 45

Arguments against protecting Spurn head

Answer 45

It might move TOO much for it to be feasible to have roads Often breached/storms destroy it council can’t afford it | its so cooked that its too expensive to be viable